Male or female? In flies, some cells can't tell Date: May 5, 2010 Source: Public Library of Science Summary: An experienced fruit fly researcher can tell at a glance whether the fly she is ...

For decades, scientists have detailed the intricacies of male fruit fly sexual behavior and neurobiology. Thanks to this work, we know about the various molecules, behaviors, and neurons involved ...

The authors explain that the term "good looking," among fruit flies, refers to something, like a large body. From the perspective of a male fly, a desirable mate is a female that is larger and can ...

(Phys.org) -- Fruit fly courtship is so highly stylized and repetitive, it is as instantly recognizable as the knee jerk or Achilles reflex. A male lines himself up behind a female and then chases ...

The sperm are made by some fruit fly species ... It turns out that as female flies flit around mating with different males, the females store the sperm inside a special organ before the eggs ...

The study found that tumors in female fruit flies grew 2.5 times larger than tumors in male fruit flies over the same time period. Fruit flies are an often used biological research model due to ...

or directly by coming into contact with the components contained in the male's ejaculate. The findings show that after mating, female fruit flies become evidently more aggressive towards each ...

It can make your mouth water or help sell your home—or, if you're a virgin female fruit fly, it can increase your interest in that handsome male fruit fly trying to win you over. According to a ...

Male common fruit flies had trouble in recognizing their female counterparts after breathing in toxic gas, causing them to make a move on another male. Though there’s been some research ...

During sex, male fruit flies transfer a chemical that ... they decided to use webcams to monitor the activity of virgin and just-mated female fruit flies in their light-controlled laboratory ...

An innovative technique from Cornell University researchers finds seminal fluid protein transferred from male to female fruit flies during mating changes the expression of genes related to the fly’s ...